Search results for 'tag:Perfect Progressive' matching tag 'Perfect Progressive'

Re: When will we use perfect progressive tense in a sentence?

mister micawber — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:46:41 GMT

What is your question? Please put important information like that inside your post message.

Re: Participle in past perfect progressive or adjective in past perfect

anonymous — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:44:29 GMT

Had and been are both helping verbs. Helping verbs must help action verbs. In this sentence, had and been are helping the present participle making , which is an action verb. Because making is a present participle, it must have helping verbs to help it.

Re: Fill in the blanks using perfect progressive aspect

grammar geek — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:15:40 GMT

As we discussed in chat, we will review assignments and offer suggestions. You absolutely need to try to answer these yourself first. (Note: 3 and 6b won't be in the perfect progressive.) You got "It has been raining" and "Matt had been working" so far. Can you do the rest?

Fill in the blanks using perfect progressive aspect

anonymous — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:58:09 GMT

1. It__(rain) ever since we got here. I wish it would stop! 2. Matt __________(work) on computer virus for nearly a year before he realized that nothing could destroy it. 3. I'm very pleased. I__(find) the picture you mentioned in the newspaper. 4. Lately John__(find) life without Mary more and more difficult. 5. Gladstone______(cook) all afternoon. I hope the food will be as delicious as it smells. 6. Jeff (a)__(look) for his car keys for over an hour, when he realized that he(b)__(leave) them in the car.

By 1878+past perfect or past simple?

jesusengland — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:39:27 GMT

Hello. By 1878 +past perfect (or past perfect progressive) or past simple (or past continuous)? Thanks.

Re: "Past Probability + Tenses" combo

youngbuddy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:43:49 GMT

1 Simple Past Where was he last night? >>> Simple Past He may have been at his house last night. >>> Present Perfect The question is in the form of " simple past " , so the answer should be as well. Where was he last night ? He was in the cinema yesterday. He would be in the cinema yesterday ( to show possibility ) 2 Present Perfect He may have been in this country for years. (Not a past probability; included present moment) >> present perfect is used to describe an action that happened in the past ( not a specific time ), that might not be finished yet. He may have been in this country for years. ( showing possibility, either been or not in the country for years) 3 Past...

Re: "Past Probability + Tenses" combo

akdom — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:06:25 GMT

Thank you, CalifJim, YoungBuddy, Mister Micawber Here are what I've learned so far. See if I got them right. Expressing Past Probability with "may have" in different scenarios: 1 Simple Past Where was he last night? He may have been at his house last night. 2 Present Perfect He may have been in this country for years. (Not a past probability; included present moment) 3 Past Perfect He may have left before we came. 4 Past Perfect Progressive He may have been taking the drug for years before we noticed anything. 5 Past Progressive When the cops showed up last night, what was he doing? I don’t know. He may have been taking a shower. 1, 2, 3...

Re: Since

fandorin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:20:45 GMT

"Since being adolescent/youth/young age , he has showed/has been showing apathy towards worldly affairs and used to immerse in deep thoughts." Don't forget about comma. There is no use applying Past Perfect. Moreover, it's inconceivable because person is alive. It's better to use Present Perfect/Present Perfect Progressive while using since.

Re: When to use "has/have/had been" and "having been"

avangi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:41:25 GMT

In the purest sense, to be is to exist. There is a second moon hidden behind the other one. No, there is not. Yes, there is . "Been" has two other uses in forming various tenses: The passive voice - I am cheated / I have been cheated. (present perfect) (active voice - Somebody cheated me.) The perfect progressive tenses - I have been working all day. (present) I had been working until the rain started. (past) The verb here is "to work." The verb "to be" in its own right uses "been" (past participle) in forming the perfect tenses: The verb "to be" plus an adjective complement: I am sick. I have been sick. (present) I was sick. I had been sick....

Re: I've seen vs saw

alpheccastars — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:29:02 GMT

Here are a few examples: Present perfect: 1) I have seen all the movies in the Star Wars series. 2) He has been to New York two times. Past Perfect 1) I had been to Rome several times before I travelled to London. 2) She had lived many years in Florida before she died. Future Perfect 1) By the end of this year, when I get my degree, I will have studied for six years at the university. 2) He boasted that by the time he reaches 40, he will have married three times, and made a fortune. Progressive:(Uses the -ing form of the verb) Present: 1) I am studying now. 2) What are you doing ? Present perfect progressive: 1) I have been living in London for 2 years now. 2) What have you been doing all day? Passive: (where the subject...

Re: Expansion of Aux

alpheccastars — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:38:41 GMT

Girls who had been playing were going home - the answer- Past-perfect-progressive Correct. Dads who had been in the shops all day came out to enjoy the sun. the answer- past progressive? No. There is no -ing form of the verb in this sentence. It is past perfect (have + past participle of "be") The dads who had been working in the shops all day came out to enjoy the sun. - past perfect progressive of "work"

Re: Expansion of Aux

califjim — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:33:28 GMT

perfect progressive and passive ... When do you use each of them? Here's the quick overview. Use "perfect" when a form of have occurs at the beginning of the verb phrase. Use "progressive" when an -ing form occurs in the verb phrase. Use "passive" when a form of be is followed by a past participle at the end. _________ The rest of this post shows how to apply the information above. is being recommended There is no form of have , so it can't be "perfect". bei ng makes it "progressive". A form of be ( being ) followed by a past participle ( recommended ) ends the phrase, so that makes it "passive". ____ was being There is no form of have , so it...

Expansion of Aux

jander52 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:06:44 GMT

I am trying to figure out when to use perfect progressive and passive when expanding a verb and putting it into a tree diagram. When do you use each of them? In the sentence "he is being recommended for the award" the answer is present progressive passive of recomend. Why do we state passive and progressive, what is the reasoning for that? in the sentence"the witness was being stubborn" the answer is past progressive of be? why is it only progressive and not perfect or passive?

Re: "has been and have been" confusion

alpheccastars — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:18:34 GMT

Here are some examples of present perfect tense of the verb "to be" I have been sick since yesterday. ( I got sick yesterday and I am still sick) He has been late every day this week. ( He was late on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Today is Thursday, and he was late today, too.) You have always been my best friend. (You were my best friend in the past, and you are my best friend now.) This is different. It is the present perfect progressive tense of the verb "live". They have been living next to us for three years. (They moved to the house next to us 3 years ago. They are living there now.)

Re: Mega Verb Phrase: "would have had to have been eating"

anonymous — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:36:08 GMT

Your explanation is nearly correct, CJ..however, this is the breakdown: would = subjunctive modal have had to = perfect tense of the modal replacement(or "semi-modal", if you prefer), " have to " have been eating= perfect progressive The point is not that this is "too much verb" but what the CONTEXT of the sentence is: In reference to a (surmised) action in the past that was in progression up to a certain point in the past, using the perfect progressive after the subjunctive perfect modal("would have had to") indicates the past (surmised) action´s ongoing nature. For example: "If John had finished his dinner at the restaurant by 8 p.m. (as he later claimed), then he would have had...

Re: Problem with two paragraph grammer

alpheccastars — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:01:45 GMT

Since 1997 MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) (1) be created , until now almost twenty- three years, but many psychiatrists and psychologists figure out that most of MMORPG players are a ddicted to the game, and they are (2) ina bility to stop the activity and addiction causes trouble in their lives . Investigation shows that MMORPG can affect any people who long-term play online role-playing game s , and player who is

anonymous — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:29:30 GMT

Goodman: I didn’t not change the content of your post No, you did. You said that I had said "I stopped know it". I've never written so. I wrote "I stopped know ing it". If you say “I forgot I have a 10 o’clock meeting” Can you equate this to “I don’t know I have a meeting at 10 o’clock ? No! You are right, I can't equate this. But I surely can equate "I forgot the password" to "I don't know the password". I can agree with you that "to know" IS NOT ALWAYS durative. But you should agree that IT CAN BE durative, hence yo should permit using it with Perfect Progressive in particular cases. Again, the problem arose when someone spread the impossibility to use...

Re: "I've been knowing him for years"?

goodman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:55:04 GMT

Anon, I didn’t change anything in your previous post in my response to your persistence on the perfect progressive usage of “knowing”. Your accusation had no basis. This awkward usage was what started all the fuzz on Google search discrepancy, and disputes. The oppsoing view with this usage was not solely mine. You are upset because you couldn’t convince the forum to accept what you believed in your mind was the correct use of “I have been knowing him for years”. To be truthful, personally I couldn’t care less if you still insist on using it that way and being adamant about its “durative property” because my intent to respond to your post was not to make pointless argument which seemed to be the direction it was going. You've...

Re: "I've been knowing him for years"?

anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:12:07 GMT

Google gives 213 instances of "I've been knowing it". Not much, but it counts. A search string like "been knowing" gives 71000 instances, which is absolutely considerable. People keep treating the verb "to know" as a normally and logically durative verb, which it actually is, despite the prohibition to use it with Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) Tense. Why do they use a way trickier form, when a much shorter form ("I have known") is taught in shools? All so called "stative" verbs are durative ("I started to know it two years ago, and the duration of this my knowledge is valid until today", or "I knew it for two years, then I forgot it, i.e. I stopped knowing it. I...

Re: past progressive or past perfect progressive

anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:31:21 GMT

Hi, The original poster, beta_teacher, wrote: in the following sentence : Bob and I went for a walk . I had ttrouble keeping up with him because __ ( walk ) so fast . which tense shoul be used? Past progressive or Past Perfect Progressive I have the similar problem in that I think a past perfect progressive tense is a good option. I had trouble keeping up with him (at that time) because he had been walking so fast (before that time). Sure, what are in parentheses were not in the original question sentence but I think we can force ourselves to accept that they are there if one really wants to push his argument further to his direction. Why did you say (if I read your remark correctly) this is odd to even consider for that...